FLR assisted Downtown Development in the first significant on-street Bike Routing/Bike Lane improvement project in the City of Muncie. A single bike lane was added to the “ring-roads” around Downtown’s Walnut Street area traveling with one-way automobile traffic along High Street to the round a bout to Mulberry Street to Gilbert Street. The bike lanes was created by stripping the street with national bike lane standard markings similar to those found in Indianapolis and Bloomington. The project also introduces 77 new parking stalls. 5 of the stalls are reserved for handicap access.

New parking stalls were added along High, Adams and Mulberry Streets. The new stalls along High and Mulberry will improve access to the future County Health Department office, Ivy Tech, the Downtown Farm Stand, the future housing facility at the former Roberts Hotel, and the Courthouse and County jail areas; while the new Adams Street parking stalls will increase street parking predominately for the Walnut Street merchants of the 200 and 300 blocks.

The bike route connects to the White River Greenway at Wysor Street and Wheeling Avenue thereby extending the City’s bike network beyond the Cardinal and White River Greenways and Muncie Cultural Trail and Ball State.

The bike lane and parking stripes are being funded through grant by Muncie Redevelopment Commission.